The Red bull second seat curse strikes again. Verstappen out 20th, Hadjar in 3rd.
this post was submitted on 07 Mar 2026
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At some point you have to wonder if the car is just undrivable by anyone but Hadjar.
Fair dinkum lap indeed. Antonelli got that divine intervention with Verstappen's crash. Toto with a huge smile on his face.
Was hoping to see Hamilton higher up the order.
Lindblad and Hadjar with an impressive quali session.
Watching that debris shatter by Norris' car was quite mesmerizing. Broke beautifully into hundreds of pieces.
"I hit a lot of debris"
No, Lando, you created a lot of debris from a single piece
Looks like 3d printed cf parts. Stiff but brittle
Truly pulverised lol
The difference between Merc and the rest is staggering.
There will be a storm of development this year, they need to make the most of it early, as it'll be a different pecking order later on
Also, this is just qualifying
Those Cadillacs are nowhere.
Unfortunate that Williams weren't able to fix the issues on Sainz's car.
Caddy will learn what it takes to turn the car up in quali. Their main goal isn't to blow the car up in quali. They want to finish the race and get some useful data.
Let's go Hadjar!
Merc back?
I'm liking the way these cars are not glued to the track. Looks tough as hell to find the edge, shaking up for a good season I think
Spa will be interesting through eu rouge
Imagine 130R (It's called 130R because you drive at 130kph)
I donโt really like that there is regeneration going on in fast corners instead of going pretty flat out.
Yeah seeing and hearing โsuper clippingโ where the car goes so down on power they are downshifting towards the end of the straight well before the braking zone
And we're off ๐๏ธ๐จ
Well, Max is.
Can't remember the last time I saw Verstappen crash like that. So bizarre.
I mean, I'm not a Max fan at all, but that definitely didn't look like driver error.
With how much negative torque is coming from MGU this year I expect teams will need a few more rounds to figure out car balance under braking.
Looks like the rest of the cars have it relatively figured out though. At the beginning if testing you saw a lot more cars struggling to brake than now. Maybe it was a very unfortunate error in Max car system.
There was a discussion about NOT getting the battery to 100% too, as you then unexpectedly loose breaking as the battery can't charge.
Or maybe you don't lose braking but instead it falls back to the hydraulic disc calipers and those aren't perfectly equal in braking force to the generator brake. Possibly in Max' case they were a tad stronger, enough to spin him around instantly
Oh yeah didn't mean to imply driver error. Just stunned seeing his car go off like that.
Lindblad off to a good start in Q1.
Damn, I switched out antonelli, probably could have kept him in.
My fantasy team is a bit of a mess. They did a much better job of the starting prices this year.
The starting prices are sideways IMO with alpine, williams and aston lagging. The sharp end of the midfield are some the cheapest drivers right now
What a horrible day at Merc
Huh? One two ain't bad
Oh noooooooo ... what a shame